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VOL. 20. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1901. NO. 18.
THE INSTITUTE'S WORK.
Many Teachers Present.?Many
Practical Suggestions Offered.
The Importance ot Reading;.
The County Institute for white
teachers was organized in the
court house here Monday morn
ing.
The Institute was opened with
prayer led by Prof. B. W. Young.
Mr. George B. Strickland was
made Secretary and Miss Sarah
Whitley and Mr. 1). O. Czzle As
sistant Secretaries.
As Professor Foust was not
present, Prof. Turlington read his
report, which contained some in
teresting matter. (This report is
the subject of an article elsewhere
in this issue.)
Just before noon Prof. V O.
Parker made an interesting and
helpful talk on the methods of
teaching geography.
As Prof. Foust had not arrived
when the Institute met for the
afternoon session Mr. H. B.
Hardy of the News and Observer
being present was called on and
made a short but interesting
talk.
Prof. Turlington then took up
the new school law and explained
some parts of it.
Prof. Foust arrived Tuesday
morning and at once took charge
of the Institute. He is a great
teacher whose heart is in the work
and those who have heard his
daily talks will go away feeling
that they can do better work tor
having heard him.
He lays stress on the teaching
of the child to read, and this is
well, for once a child can read
the great world of literature of
all ages and all countries opens
up before him and he can become
acquainted with the great mas
ters of every realm of thought
Prof. Foust urges upon the
teachers the great imporiance of
teaching the phonic method. The
teachers have been slow to adopt
this method, but we are gldd a
few have tried it and with remark
able success.
In order that those attending
the Institute might see what has
been done and what can be,done
by this method, Miss Lily Ben
ton, teacher of the Primary De
partment in Turlington Insti
tute, gave a practical demonstra
tion of its workings Wednesday
afternoon. She had a class of
small gii ls and boys, six fir seven
years of age, come before the
body of teachers, and show the
results of a few month's instruc
tion in this method. The fact
that a boy or girl who had at
tended school only a few months
could read a fourth or fifth rentier
with ease and facility, when by
the old method it would take as
many vears, was more convincing
than dozens of talks. All were
pleased with the result, and all
should be pleased with the supe
riority of the phonic method over
the a b c method.
The entire work of the Insti
tute has been carried on on prac
tical lines and we trust much
good will result from the teach
ers coming together.
Below is given a list of those
a t tending, with their post-offices:
Wm. H. Austin, P. M. Bizzell,
L. H. Champion, It. II. Higgins,
J. B. Mozingo, V. <>. Parker,
John W. Parker, W. H. Pitttnan,
George B.Strickland, Misses Lily
Benton, Ellen Eldridge, Lillian
Holt, Mollie Howell, Mjrtie Har
per, Fannie Harper, Mollie Helm,
Nellie Johnson, Dora Johnson,
Altbea Jones, Laura Lee. Carah
Lee, Jessie Lee, Maude Powell,
Lillian Rose, Lena Rose, Zilla
Stevens, Dora Woodall, Sara
Whitley, Mamie Ellis, Mrs. Ira T.
Turlington, Mrs. V. 0. Parker,
Smithfield.
George R. Braswell, C. A. Cor
bett, W. R. Corbett, J. P. Easom,
A. C. Stancil, J. H. Broad well,
Misses Itobena Atkinson, Deobie
Bailey, Annie Hood, Mary Hatch
er, Marion Preston, Rosa Rich
ardson, Nannie Richardson. Ma
rietta Stancil, Selma.
W. I). Allen, J. P. Canadny,
Edgar Jernigan, J. C. Johnson,
W. R. Royal, W. C. Woodall, F.
L. Woodall, J. F. Woodall. Misses
Leacy Allen, M. Ella Parker,
Benson.
C. A. Biggs, E. Liles, Misses \
Louisa Carroll, Eula Whitley, j
Archer.
* >. A. Harbour, James R. Har
bour, J. S. Joh ison, J. R. John
son, Alonzo Harbour, Misses Lil
lian Johnson, Vivian Johnson,
Ezra.
George E. Rragwell, A.J. Fitz
gerald, J. R. Oliver, E. V. Peedin,
Misses Ida Fitzgerald, Flora
Godwin, Etta Peedin, Edna
Peedin, Effie Starling, Pine Level.
Miss Mattie Heasley, Heaslev.
Misses Ethel Harbour and An
nie Lassiter, Harper.
Misses Onie Hritt and Isabel
Thornton, Hentonville.
L. H. Hoyett, N. R. Pike and
Miss Emma Matthews, Hagley.
Miss Mamie Caudill, Caudills.
T. G. Creech and Miss Lillie
Fitzgerald, Micro.
A. T. Lassiter and Miss Vessie
Coats, Spilona.
George G. Pipkin. J. N. Wiggs,
W. T. VVoodard, Misses Delia Ed
wards, Mary Pipkin, Hettie Ray
ford, Minnie Strachan. Ophelia
Woodard, Princeton.
James Eldridge, Timothy Eld
ridge, R. H. Hudson and Miss
Evelyn Royal. Glenwood.
Miss Daisy Hardee, Itiner.
Parlia Hudson, Timothy.
Mrs. Zora Hobbs, Atfa.
Miss Nellie Lee, Honeycut*.
Miss Donia Hales, Earpsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. -V W. Johnson,
Columbia.
J. A. T. Jones, Gulley's Mills.
E. F. Lee and Miss Minnie Lee,
Newton Grove.
C. C. Lee, Gift.
Ira Rose, Overshot.
Miss Alice Rose, Rizzell.
N. H. Strickland and C. S. Up
church, Glen more.
Misses Loma Hollowed and
Ora Stevens, Goldsboro.
Tyrus Thornton and Miss
Mary Thornton, Mingo.
W. II. Pool. -Jr., I). O.Uzzle.W.
C. Wilson and Miss Lilian Hon
rine, Wilson's Mills.
Miss Eugenia Coor, Walter.
J. R. Hood and Miss Julia
Richardson, Wendell
Robert Harefoot, Jr., Mix.
H. VV. Youug and Misses Lou
Young and Kate Edmundson,
Leaehburg.
\V. A. Harper, I) H. Rose, .J.
YV. YY'oodard and .Miss Cherrie
Price, Kenl.v.
Joseph YV. YY'ood and Miss
Effie Smith, Rome.
Miss Bet tie Lee Sauders, Pres
ton.
M. L. Barefoot, P. A. Lee, and
Mil 8 Aldonia Morgan, Mclvoy.
YYr. H. Jones, .ir., 1). H. Jones,
Miss Maggie StalHngs, Clayton.
M. E. Oliver, Four Oaks.
Miss Annie Lee, Smithfield.
Miss Ida YY'illiams, Blackmail s
Mills.
Miss Loamie Hilbert, McKoy.
Miss Sarah Allen, Mr. John YYT.
Holmes, Benson.
Miss Neva Austin, Atfa.
Miss Annie L. Standi, Selma.
!
The True Mission oi Luxury.
No luxury is justifiable that
ends in simple enjoyment. It
must be turned to good account
by adding to our powers cf use
fulness. If we enjoy reading, are
we enthusiastic for the public
library? If we enjoy outdoor life,
are we anxious for parks and
pleasure grounds for the people?
If we revel in art or music, do we
long that picture galleries be
thrown open or good music be
attainable by all? Bo we strive
whenever possible to share our
luxuries whatever they may be,
with those less favored than our
selves, or are we satisfied with
our own enjoyment as an end in
stead of using it as a means to
bettering thelives of others also?
Truthful answers to these ques
tions will speedily tell us also
whether our own specif luxuries
are building up character and
life or whether they are the means
of lowering the one and narrow
ing the other. ? Philadelphia
ledger.
Leaf tobacco was shipped from
the port of Baltimore last week
as follows: To Bremen and Ham
burg, 42!) hogsheads: Rotter
dam, 317; England, 10; total,
050 hogsheads. The shipments
already from that point this year
have been 35,250 hogsheads,
against 33,255 hogsheads for the
same period last year.
THRILL OF ENERGY AT SMITH
FIELD.
New Cotton Mill and Its Thirty-Five
Cottages.?A Pretty Modern
Hotel.
H. B. HaHy in News and Observer.
Smithfield, X. C., July 11.?In
conversation with one of Smith
field's prominent citizens to-day
about Johnston county, he said
he had traveled considerably over
the State, aud all things consid
ered has come to the conclusion
that they have the best county
in the State. "We have," said
he, "as diversified a soil as any
countyin the State,andean raise
any kind of crop and in some sec
tions as much to the acre as any
other county. Our people are in J
a better financial condition than
most counties. No county in the
State has less recorded mortgages
than we. We have as many
churches, and and good private
schools, to say nothing of our
splendid public school system."
Thus, Smithfield, the county
seat of Johnston county, contin
ues to grow and prosper as the
years go by.
The number of new houses built
here in the last few months was a
revelation tome as I drove down
from the Coast Line depot. And
others are going up on all sides.
The new cotton mill, one mile
south of the town on the left j
hand side of the Coast Line track,
is about completed, and it will be
started up within about sixty
days. This isi a large two-story
brick structure fitted up with the
latest improved machinery, with
a capacity of 5,000 spindles on
the upper floor. The company
will put looms on the lower floor
in the near future. The company
have about 50 acres of land upon
which they have built about 35
new cottages for their employes.
Excellent water is furnished in
abundance by a number of wells.
Mr. W. M. Sanders is President
of the company; Mr. S. S. Holt,
Secretary and Treasurer, and
Mr. F. A. Cumnock, superintend
ent of the mill.
The new hotel now being built
will fill a long-felt want in Smith
field. It- is a three-story brick
building, (50x100 feet, located on
the corner of Railroad and Sec
ond streets. There will be two
stores and the bank on the
ground floor, and besides the
dining room, office, ladies' parlor,
sample rooms, about 20 bed
rooms. The building will be pro
vided with electric bells, bath
rooms and other up-to-date im
provements.
Dr. Dickinson and Mr. Jordan
have just about completed their
handsome two-story brick build
ing on Railroad street. <)n the
lower floor will be Dr. Dickinson's
office, reception room and oper
ating office, and a jewelry store.
The upper floor will be offices and
rooms to rent.
The question of water works
and electric lights is being very
much agitated, and when these
Sinithfield people begin to talk
about doing any thing for the
good of the town they mean bus
ines. The electric lights and
water will come quickly.
The County Teachers' Institute
is being conducted here this week.
There were 137 teachers and ap
plicants for certificates in the
court room yesterday. County
Superintendent, I'rof. Ira T. Tur
lington, told me that about five
years ugo there were only five or
six lady teachers of the public
schools in the county, and there
are now 42. It is as"fine a body
of intelligent looking young
women and men as I ever saw
assembled together in the State.
Prof. J. I. Foust, principal of the
Goldsboro Graded school, is here
conducting the institute.
Their Busy Day.
"Who," shouted the impas^
sioned orator, "who among us
has any cause to be happier than ;
his neighbor on this glorious day
of the Nation's birth?"
A man with his head bandaged
and both arms in a sling, arose
in the rear of the hall and ex
claimed:
"The doctors!"?Baltimore
American.
WEEKLY BROP REPORT.
Cotton Improving?Early Corn Is
Tasseling Low, But the Late
Crop is Better, Cutting ot
Tobacco Just Begin
ning.
The Crop Itulletin for the week
ending Monday, July 8th, says
the conditions which prevailed
during the past week appears to
have been decidedly favorable for
farm work and for growth of
crops in nearly all counties of the
State, except where drought is
now beginning to be felt. The
temperature averaged 6 degrees
daily above the normal; the
maximum varied from 00 degrees
to 100 degrees every day of the
week, and the nights have been
quite warm. The amount of
sunshine was abundant.
Some very beneiflcial showers
occurred in the central-north
east section on Tuesday and
Saturday evenings, and a heavy
rain on the 2nd in Halifax and
Northhampton counties with
slight damage to crops. In gen
eral, however, the week has been
very dry, and gave farmers a
favorable opportunity to kill
grass and place their crops in a
better state of cultivation. In
sections where the rainfall was
not excessive during June, espec
ially in the eastern district,
drouth is now beginning to injure
some crops, especially corn and
gardens, and the ground is be
coming dry and hard over many
counties, which hinders plowing
and planting field peas in stub
ble land.
Farmers have made very good
use of their time this week, in
spite of the scarcity of hands,
and grass has generally been
brought under control; many
fields are now well cultivated,
and crops thereon have improved
very materially: lowland crops
are still in bad condition and
many have been abandoned.
Cotton has improved consider
ably where properly cultivated;
plants are small, but healthy
and vigorous and blooms are
more abundant; poorly culti
vated fields still show a yellow
color.
Corn is being; generally laid by,1
the crop has a rich green color
and has grown rapidly during
the week; uplands need rain and
bottomland corn is very pi or: (
early corn is tasseling low, but J
the late crop is better.
Cutting tobacco has just com
menced in a f? w eastern counties,
and some cures have been made;
laying by the crop has begun in
the central district; there is some
complaint of the lack of sufficient
moisture in the east.
Except some spring oats yet
to be cut, harvesting the small
grain crops is about over; most
of the wheat, rye, and oats have
been housed, and threshing is
underway.
Sweet-potato vines have till
been transplanted and are grow
ing nicely. Some peanuts have
been laid by. Field peas look i
well, and stubble land is being
seeded to cow-peas where not too
hard to plow.
Fruit is still falling consider
ably, and the outlook for grapes
is not very good. Mowing has
begun is several counties, with
promise of a fine yield of hay.
The Monroe Journal tells a
story equal to that of the lamb I
and the lion lying down together.
It says: "Mr. J. 1). Medlincomes
up with a story which he says is
certainly true, but which he is
afraid to tell, because folks may
think it fishy. While in his barn
the other day getting out rough
ness. he lifted a pile of straw and
found under it a sight which gave
him no little suprise. It was a
nest of rats and cats together.
An old cat had put her kittens,
which were about three weeks
old, there. There were four of
them. In the bed with them
were three rats about a third
grown. Why or howtheratsgot
in there, and how they managed
to stay without attracting the
attention of the old cat, and
meeting consequent destruction,
is the mystery."
Battle Axe shoes at Grantham,
Austin & Co.'s.
NO ROOM AT THE ASYLUM.
Pitnul Case ot Insanity turned from
Hospital Doors by Superinten
dent.
The following letter written by |
Mr. VV. S. Stevens, Clerk of the
Court of Johnston county, ap
peared in Sunday's Raleigh News
an I Observer:
What is to become of our in
sane, are they to be smothered in
I the county jails ? If the accom
modations at the asylums are
wholly inadequate to care for
these unfortunates upon whom
the Master's hand has been heav
ily laid, I think our people would
cheerfully consent to be taxed for
an appropriation to increase
their capacity to an extent com
mensurate with the present needs.
About a week ago a young thar
ried lady (taken from her little
80-day old babe,) the wife of Mr..
E T. Smith, a country black
smith dependent on his daily
labor for a living, was adjudged
insane and under the advice of
Dr. Wharton, the county physi
cian, was sent to the hospital at
Raleigh with the papers as an
emergency cas->. Dr. McKee de
clined to receive her for want of
room. She had to be brought
back and placed in t he crazy cell
in jail. Dr. Wharton thinks that
with proper treatment for a
month or two she would be fully
restored to health and sanity.
Her moans are piteous to hear.
At times she is conscious of her
condition and begs piteously to
be taken to the asylum for treat
ment. The county physician has
requested the jailer, Mr. Williams
to get some woman to accom
pany Mrs. Smith and let her
walk about under the shade dur
ing this hot weather and he would
see that she was paid; and last
night during the thunder storm
Mrs. Smith was very much ex
cited and afraid to be alone and
the jailer very generously sat up
all night that shemight be quiet.
He is a poor man and his family
is dependent upon his daily labor.
Mrs. Smith's maiden name was
Miss Lucy Lloyd.an orphan girl,
educated at the Oxford Orphan
Asylum, and unless something
can be done for her she will doubt
less become a raving; maniac.
The county physician, sheriff and
jailer are doing everything in
their [tower to help her.
There is also another young
lady by the name of Holmes liv
ing in Benson in this county j
whose application for admittance i
into the asylum at Raleigh has
been on file for four or five weeks
now confined at her home behind !
barred doors and windows. Her
parents are poor people living in ;
a two-room house and unable to
take care of her and may be
driven tc the necessity of con
fining her in jail also. Thesecases
are Sent you that the people may
know how the unfortunates of
their State are suffering for want
of room in the asylums. I have
no doubt but that the same state
of affairs exists in many other
counties in the State and 1 feel
certain that when the people
realize the truecondition of things
they will willingly and quickly
come to the relief of these unfor
tunates.
W. S. Stevens.
Sniithfield, N. C., July 3rd.
The facts set forth above shows
the inadequacy of the State to
provide for those unfortunates
whom the hand of God has been
laid on so heavily. It is a sad
state of affairs and the State's
lawmakers should provide for
such cases, even though our taxes
have to be increased.
As is stated above our Sheriff
and Jailer have been doing all
they can for the unfortunate wo
man, but, of course, she cannot
lie treated as her case demands.
It is a shame that such cases have
to be turned awav from our State
hospitals for lack of room. And
it is to be hoped that the next
legislature will make ample pro
visions for the unfortunate,
though some of our other insti
tutions lose.
James Kilbourne was nomi
nated for Governor by the Ohio
Democratic State Convention at
Columbus, Wednesday.
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STATE NEWS.
Short Items of interest Culled
From our State Exchanges.
Ex-Judge Spier Whitaker died
at his home in Raleigh Wednes
day, aged till vears. lie was
Judge of the fourth district
from 1889 to 1894.
The State has chartered the
Harnett Lumbet company, of
Manchester, capital $100,000.
A charter lias also been granted
the Carolina Marble and Granite
Co., of Stutesville, capital (L'5.
000.
The State chart ers the Nat ah tin
company, of Highlands, Macon
county, capital $100,000, H
Ravenel anu others stockholders.
The charter gives extensive
privileges of milling, manufactur
ing and mining.
II. O. Davidson, now in charge
of designing and weaving at
Hope Mills, Cumberland county,
is elected instructor of designing
and weaving at the Agricultural
and Machanical College, at a
salary of $1,200.
The saw mill and fixtures of
Mr. T. R Farmer on theSlocumb
lands, near Dunn, were destroyed
by tire, July 4th, about 2 o'clock
p. m. Loss, $3,000; no ins trance.
The tire is supposed to have star
ted from the stab pit.
Rev. G. W. Newell, who was
senator from Franklin county in
1808, Fell dead Monday
while in his buggy his son
on the way to Louisburg
from his home, seven miles dis
tant. His age was 00years, and
heart disease caused his death.
The Reidsville correspondent
of the Raleigh Cost says that
"Asa Flynn, the man who killed
his brother in Rockingham
county several months ago and
who was recently released from
the penitentiary, has a hallurin.v
tion that the devil is following
him, and he has left his home
and gone to the mountains."
Major VV. Augustus Blouut.
who died Monday at his home iu
Beaufort county at the age of 77
years, was the president of t.he
first Ex-Confederate association
organized in North Carolina
This was the association of Ex
Confederates of Beaufort county,
organized in 1883 and incorpo
rated in 1885. Major Blount
lived in Raleigh many years.
I hiring the war he was on the
staff of Gen. Bryan Grimes.
At the Guilford Battle Ground
celebration on the 4th Gov. Ay
cock and Mr. R. F. Ilea.-ley, of
Monroe, spoke. After thespeaking
the beautiful colonial column
and the monument to Col.-Tames
Morehead were unveiled with aj>
propriate ceremonies Thecolon
lal column is the first monument
erected to the memory of tin
men who fought at Alamance
and who made memorable the
few years just preceding that
battle.
A Sad Loss.
Thursday night, duly 4th. at
9:30 o'clock our esteemed and
valuable postmaster, Mr. A. R
Duncan, Sr., left this world of
sorrow and trials to cross the
dark river of death from which
we see naught but darkn -ss, yet
feel ussured that there is an un
surpassed light beyond that ter
rible gloom.
Mr. Duncan was nearing his
GOth year. He joined the M. E
church about two years ago and
since then has lived an up-right
christian life. He had been sick
for about one yearand has Dome
his sufferings with almost sup?
human endurance never mur
muring at his fate. He leaves
four sons, three daughters and
innumerable friends to mourn
bis loss.
Our heartfelt sympathies are
enlisted for the bereaved ones.
He sleeps, but not forever
There'll be a glorious dawn.
Let us shape our lives to meet hira.
On the resurrection morn.
A Friend.
In the three years the V ar Rev
enue Act was operative #810,
058,868 was paid into the Treas
ury.